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      Mr . J . Henry Harrison , late of Messrs . ^ Kent ¦^ bp ^^^ ^^ r A . # v & ip ^ p ^^ fcp * Co ^* p ^ . ph —i . r ^ . v , h ^ London pbbv ^ p * ^ b ^ ^ b ^ b ^^ pfe ^^ r ^ ^ _ , H ^ and pyw k ^ fra ^ b ^ p » .. A with v w ^ pp . M pB' ^ H ppI A a ^*^ p * country ^ pp » ^ ¦¦ p ^ ^^^^ ^ pp * p . w ^ J ex ^^^ « p ^^ pp - ^ *

      perience , has opened a bookselling , stationery * — , and ^ p # ^^ pv ^ p *> ^ pp ^ pj fancy ^ pk m * "v ^ v ^ ph ^ p ^ w business i m pmi pj »** ^ ph ^ pb ^ p * ^ p * w ** wm * , « at ^ pp-w ^ pr 19 ^« p » ^^ ¦ Melbourne ™ - — — - ^^ - ^^ - ^ ' - ^^ — — - — ¦ ^ p ^ » Street - ^ p ^ ^ r ^^ ^ p ^ - ^ p ^ ^» , ^

      Nottingham . The "weekly paper entitled Everyone his own oiim . Jcrench Fr " ench , Jr P ? iofessor ofessor . and and the the other other publica

      -miblica-tions of the Institute , for the Teaching of Foreign Languages , are now published from

      the th « omce oftine of of The The Christian Christian M Million illion , . 4 4 Ludgate LuoVatfi Circus Buildings . The old-established bookselling business

      carried on by Messrs . Gilbert & Field at No . 18 Gracechurch Street , and formerly by the

      late laffi Mr IVTr . . James James Gilbert Gilbert , , and and his his father father before before him , has been purchased by Mr . Alfred Wilson , late of Bri hpi vk hton # »» . The business v of Messrs pb ^ v .

      ^ b ^ V ^ p ? ^^ f ^^ ^ mm ^ p » ^ p » g ^»^ pp - — ¦*¦•» ' p ^ pp * * ph ^ p » - ^ ^ p ^ v ^^ ^^ — ^ ^ p * » ^ ^ pl * p » ^» r ^ pr ^^ ^ . ^ * . » ^ pm ^^ p *^ p ^ ^^ «^ 9 Gilbert __ _ _ ^ _ - & ^^ Field *•» " « m 4 fc ^ at No ^ pk ^ p ^ . 67 A a Moorgate ^ p » r - Street ^ h . will ff V ^ pk ^ Bta ^ pW continue ^¦ P' ^¦^^ ^^»^ pp » ^ p " ^^ b ^^^ h ^^ - ^^ " ^ p ^ to ^ p" ¦ ¦ be p . 1 ^> pp' carried vr ^ p ^^ v ^ pbi ^ Bb ^ p » ^ pip ^ w ^ p * on " ^^ r ^ p . .. ¦> b wm ^ y w them V ^ P" ^ P » ^^ ^ p >^ P >^ p » ^ as ^^ P # P ^ rf MIK M Pk h Pl B

      hith . _ erto _ . This ^^ transfer . ^ was effected . ^^*^ _ ^ throug ^ h ^» the agency of Mr . A . M . Burghes ,

      Paternoster Kow .

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      Mr . W . J . Thoms , F . S . A . —Now and then there Pfjp ^ Bjpv *^ PF ^ BBj ^¦ P' disappears ^™ ' . ^ P »~^ w ^¦ ^ «¦ ^ P ^ ¦ ^^ ¦ ¦ quietl ^ - « v > B ^^ ^|^ ^ r ^ . ^ y h ^ fro pk « p ^ «^ pr ^ m ^ K ^ pb the ^ pr ^ pa ^ pfe ^ ipr world V « ^ h ^ ^ p * ^ B » ^ i ^ Bft of ^ - ^ ^ PJ >

      letters some distinguished figure , but little known perhaps to the general crowd of readers , but "hut . very vp . rv familiar familiar to to those thnsfi whose wlinsft life life ' s labours la . V » oiiT «

      are associated with literary progress . One of this class was Mr . William John Thoms ,

      F TT . S .. A A-.. , the tbft well wfill - - known knnwn antiquary flntinnarv , and n . nrl the +. hp > . founder as well as the editor of Notes and Queries , who died on the 15 th of August , in his " his 82 ft 2 nd nd vftar . . Mr TVTr . Thoms Thorns was was born born in in 1803 1 R 03

      and at a year comparatively early age became a , contributor to the Jl ' oreign Quarterly lieview and iWpifM other periodicals . Elected ¦ a Fellow 1 of

      ^ ^ p » ^ - *¦* w ^ ^ ^ tap' ^^ ¦ ^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦*"' ^» * p ^ *^> pm w ** W pdpqpff ^ —|_ " V ^ pV ^ ^^ ^^^ M ^ V ^ pp « ^^ J ^ Wk ^_^ V V X . *^ & also also the Royal about about the the Society same same of time time Anti became bftnamfi quaries secretary Rftorfttarv in 1838 , he to to

      the Camden Society . Mr . Thorns' first work was published 1 ¦» T ^ pv PT in Pfc 1828 under PBb rfP the title 4 Pm ' A ¦¦

      Collection ^ ¦ M PJ ^ hpT Wi ^* ¦ of ^^^ V ^ fe ^ ^ Earl ^^^^ V >¦ — ^ y —P ^ P . ^ Prose B - ^^ ^ ^ PPPV ^^^ , « ^— Romances " ¦ ^ ^ M ^ ^ p <^ ite ffpVrfft ^ p > ^ ppT P ^ , * ' «^ - ^ p his PK ^ A fl ^ J ^ chief ^ 4 PB | , ^ . ^ pB ^^ * m subsequent or of Various Various JN Nations work ations s being ' 7 ' 'T The hft ' JBook " Lays Rook of of and the th « Legends rjonrt Court ,. 7

      , , ' The Longevity of Man , ' & c . He also edited several important works of antiquarian interest . Notes ¦ and -vv % f Queries was started bMr

      Thoms W ^^ ^ . pr ¦^ pp t ^ r * * in 1849 ^ - * V *• " ^^ and * V * -r ^ Wj was ^"^ * edited ^ " * ^ " ^ * * V . ^'"' b '' 1 _ T % Tf him . B _ fb ^^ ^ . ^ without ( p ^ y T i' » «¦ ^ L . . m interruption until , 1873 ^ when he y resigned the positionat the same time iving the

      secretaryship , of the Camden Society g . up In 1803 he i was w *^ " > ' appointed ^^ T ~ M ~^^^ ^^ Deputy A ^^ » f Librarian ^ " ^ . r ^^^ w ^ yv . pk > avvaa in . « . ** the ^/ j »* - % »* House — — ^^ v- * » s ^ ^ . v

      when of V V ^ Lords pT . ¦¦>*» ^ he a * * r , resi an . ^»» r ** - >*» office gned p ^ " ^^ - >^^> which in - » jfc consequence - ^^ -x- * - » . * * he ^ ^^ VV V held - * ^ p < AAV ^ p ^ until of V * . his JIAJl 1882 K-F ad V % * - . - ,

      vanced age , after C 3 years of public service . Quoting the words of a contemporary : — * The

      literary literarv friends frifinrls whom whom he hft most moat loved lovp-ri as an old rJrl companions and fellow workers in the same fields « h « » piajrw had « r » ¦ in in great measure pipjp ^ ppi pjm ipj » ppj ppb . passed Tfc . But

      if ppp . ^ pp ^ he had w » »^ ^ w ~ thus W ^\ ^^ ^^ ** v ^^ suffered ^^ r «^ p ^ ip » something VipV » — r ^^ ^ . ^ ^ p ^ ^ ptfp * away ^^^ w V *^ W W of V ^ m the ^^ % "J % f ^ \ bitterness inseparable from great age , he had also aino mad mad e e many manv later latfir friendships frift-nrlRihinfl that that . were wcrA

      still precious to him , and he has finally sunk to his rest with no cloud to darken the close

      ) of a happy what life has . ' been on the whole a tranquil and

      —— Professor a coincidence Professor that Wors Jacob on aab the . — 15 It th may of — be August ^^ considered guou CUsO ako " 1 I ffl

      suddenly , Jens at Copenhagen Asmussen , in the Worsaae 64 th year diJ of II I his hia age asre . Frofessor Profftaaor WoT Worsaae » sn . n . « was wno an o « intimate ;^ a : .

      Eng friend jlish of the Mr great . Thom archaeolog s , who translated ist ' s » ' Primeval into

      A - , X * - 1 ? o T-V 1 — — _ _ -, q— - _« , _ , _ , _ X XUJUJVhI ¦ " C » O | this A liii nti » quities country tuunuy of _ n have Denmark ave been oeen . ' unusually unusually The newspapers tard tardv y in in n .

      seeing that by the death of Professor Worsaae a very great man has disappeared from amidBt the tne scientists scientists and and litterateurs litterateurs of of Europe Knrnno A a

      significant example of the limit of British . inform leading ation metropolitan upon the subject paper was in g which iven by the a name was wrongl t spelt j— ' , throug pfc hout the

      whole — of a long — ^^ y — obituary y " — ^ p » •^ ^ p * notice ^ r- ^ — " > - ¦»• ^ a S , jpVJkN al _» \_ i % though \ f l / J ¦»* ^ in ™ a ^ - » preliminary ¦ - — - ^ - ^ ^— — —*^^^^^^ p >^^ -w ^ p » w announcement «^^^^ pb ^ p *^ b ^ 1 ^^ - ^^^ ^ ^ - ^ p ^ ^ p ^ - ^^ a ^ p ^^ h ^^ w of ^^*^^ pW the ^» f , | j TiiJ event rj y ¦ v ¦ ^ L the ii correct had TTT .

      spelling been given . Than Jens Jacob Worsaae no one has done more in

      tne the the direction attractive attractive of ana and extending important important and science science systemati wnich which sing

      under the name of archaeology , has made such , I gigantic progress in modern times . He was a I

      firs pupil dudU tin of or 1836 the tne ifamous established ainous ( Christian Jnristian the Tnomsen Thomsen at division . , who wfm of III pre ore-- , nistori historic c , remains remains into into ages a ^ es gre or of stone stona . of of

      bronzeand of ironThomsen also founded , the celebrated , Museum , of Northern An

      - which w ti q hich uitie . ^ s was was , at su subseouentlv Copenhage ^~^ A bsequently V n , undertaken imdertakftn the . 4 directorshi 4 * A - bhv aa p his his ^ of :

      talented pupil , who rearranged the collection y , and - ^ p » Pb h ph added Pa pi - ^ - w - to v 1 r its ... to vp > r «« pp fame » pj , « ¦«« . 4 « as Pfc « P » FT the > » k best v p ^ pF V # and > PV most AtbPPtT fV ^ fep ^ ^ ' ^ ^ ' ^ P' ^ ^ ^^^ ^ p ¦ *^ ppp '' " |^ p ^ ^ p *^ . ^ ^* ' ^ ^^ ^ p ^ ^ ^ v ** ^^ ^*

      sensibly classified museum of antiquities in the world . Worsaae was a native of Vejle , a

      small Rmall town town in in Jutland . Tiifln . nrL where whfirfi he Tips was uras born horn in in 1821 . His published , works relating to the science suieiiutj of ui archaeology ct > i . i ; j _ ifcfc ; uiug y ctrtJ are iiuiuuru numerous us ; , but uuu l the ww

      most remarkable id thought to be Den ( Dansk ' The e Conquest Erobring of af Eng Eng land land and og Normand Normandiet y by ' the Danes aiiv / ' ) i The deceased savant oia / Uwiw had i >\* a wide

      iin . c ji ^ o jlilc ucv ^ cuocu » n »• » - — circle news npwsi of of r * f scientific his nin sudden aiirlflfn friends death rloa + li in will - Eng ht-iII land assuredly assiirftdlv , and the DO be

      but received r ^ w * ' ^ . "w ^ p * among v ^ v ppb pvp ^ p . *^ ^^ ^ with HPk ^ men ^ pp > ^ . ^^ sorrow ^ p . pipk of ^ - ~ av ^ pi letters . * , ^ fepr not ^ v ^ bp ^* p ^ ^ p « *^ onl p * dP in < db y ^ all in ^^ rap * ^^ this parts ¦^ — v country of the ,

      world . Mrs . Helen Hunt Jackson . —Alluding to 'I

      Neiv occurred the + 1 t « death rloo j + otk . n rk at of r > f Tim San Mrs TVTt «« . Francisco Helen TTMl ^ n Hunt TTnnf on . August Jackson . Tp Helen . nkson . , 12 wmcn which Fiske , the

      sweetness j R Hunt wpfifnpfis \ . eiv Jackson Yo and nnH jLtmes a ( < es novelist 4 nnvf H . says says » H 1 Jsf . ' ; :: ) of r — — ^ a ' some « poet In jlii nrrm of xxcjlcx iorce force remarkable * is IS iuhu lOSt \\

      complexion nnnml In later fixion years . snow snow Mrs . - whiffi white Jackson hai ha , r with . and and her anin animated brilliant " *" "

      facewas a , remarkable woman , to see and a must charming , have conversationalist had beauty of ui ( another inuwicji ; in earlier kind **—— life in she no

      mu » t nave juu . UL ucttui /^ » .-small degree . Romance was the stronger romantic characteristic PP » pi 1 vein of in her ideal fc # ^^ - mind verses » - ; she which showe ^ d otte ner ¦ pi

      and found mmm /» ^ . V *> the i " •• " accep ^ p ~ m v ^ Century » ' ^ tance pp i " ^ " ^ ^ pp > " ^^ with and - it ^ pp * ^ p ^ the in ^ . i v her A ^ p i »* " tlantic ii ^ — latest .. , ; i : / « , S £ ?/» and crdmer f i hit < vet RT h 8 * *

      prose ClllKi California California . VIIK work 3 KsGllt , , the the " / lli Ramona same samfi If , , CLXLXA trait trait III , " a JLIUA reappeareu reaDDeared novel **«/ v of ~~ Sou — . . * ^ - J ; r poij — J ^

      her the credit more than , discredit any other of woman the Saxe writer Holm reswu i

      Lne creaic or or aiscreait or ixie "^« - ^ . ^ - stories " The , Breadwinners once . as famous _ " of for a their later | incognito day nTliir . ATHt ; w •• >

      | :- Few -- — . -. wri , , ters , and , etill fewer ' . womeu r ^ = ¦ ZZ n * - — ,,,.. r |

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1885, page 828, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091885/page/8/